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Gen. Chae. Sepals 6, regular, deciduous, distinct, often narrow- 

 clawed at the laa.se, spreading or revolute above, with a nectariferous 

 furrow within, above the base either naked or flmbriate-ciliated : 

 aestivation alternative : stamens at the lowest base of the sepals, fila- 

 ments filiform, subulate at the apex, anthers linear, emarginate or 

 obtuse, 2-lobed at the base, fixed above the base, dehiscing length- 

 ways, when open curved, incumbent : ovary free, 6-furrowed, 

 3-celIed, ovules in 2 rows, horizontal, anatropal : style terminal, 

 cylindric, straight or somewhat curved, deciduous : stigma torosely 

 thickened, 3-comered, 3-lobed at the apex : capsule sub-coriaceous, 

 oblong or obovate, hexagonal, obtuse at the apex, very shortly and 

 thinly stalked at the base, 3-celled, loculioidaUy 3-valved above, 

 valves septiferous in the middle, central column none : seeds in two 

 rows, numerous, broadly winged at the margin, brown or yellowish : 

 embryo straight or very slightly sigmoid, more or less shorter than 

 the albumen : radicle next the hUum. — Bulbous herbs : ' bulb scaly: 

 stem simple, erect, leafy, 1 -many-flowered at the apex: flowers 

 peduncled, umbelled. Corymbose or racemose, large, showy, erect or 

 i^odding : leaves scattered or verticiUed, usually narrow. 



(1) L. 'Waxlichiab'um. (Roem, and SeJmlt.J 



Ident. Eoem. and Schult, vii. 1689. 



Ikgra/o. Wall. tent. 40 t. 29.— "Wight's Icon. t. 2035. 



Spec. Chab. Stem slender, leafy, few or 1 -flowered at the apex: 

 leaves scattered, numerous, approximated, linear, acuminate, sessUe : 

 flowers hypocrateriform, drooping: tube long, throat campanulate, 

 naked, Umb spreading. 



Neilgherries. The L. Neilgherrense and L. tuhijlorum fR. W.J are 

 probably mere varieties of the above. Flowering in July and 

 August. 



GENUS III. SANSEVIEBA. 

 Bexandrla Monog'yiila. Seoe: Syst: 



Berw. In honour of M. Sansevier, a Swedish botanist. 



Gest. Chae. Perianth coroUaceous, tubular, 6-cleft to the middle, 

 deciduous, segments sub-spathulate-linear, obtuse, 1 -nerved, equal, 

 much spreading; stamens 6, inserted at the throat, exserted, spreading, 

 filaments filiform : anthers 2-ceUed, linear-oblong, 2-lob'ed at the 

 apex, 2-cleft at the base, fixed at the middle of the back, introrse : 

 ovary free, sessile, oblong, 3-celled : ovules solitary, sessile, 

 ascending, anatropal: styUne column terminal, filiform, erect, 

 exceeding the stamens : stigma capitate : berries 1 — 3, slightly 

 united, globose, fleshy, 1 -seeded : seed globose : embryo albuminous. 



